Lend Me Your Ears: Great Speeches in History (158 page)

Bishop Fulton Sheen. Reprinted by permission of The Society for the Propagation of the Faith.

Karl Barth. From
Deliverance to the Captives
by Karl Barth. Copyright © 1961 by SCM Press Ltd. Reprinted by permission of HarperCollins Publishers, Inc.

Rabbi Louis Finkelstein. Reprinted by permission of Rabbi Ezra M. Finkelstein for the estate of Rabbi Louis Finkelstein, former Chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary of America.

Billy Graham. From
Billy Graham in the Soviet Union
, by Billy Graham, © 1985 by Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota; used by permission; all rights reserved.

Branch Rickey. Reprinted by permission of Stephen S. Adams, Jr., for the estate of Branch Rickey.

Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Reprinted by arrangement with the Estate of Martin Luther King, Jr., c/o Writers House as agents for the proprietor in New York, NY. Copyright © 1963 by Martin Luther King, Jr., copyright renewed 1991 by Coretta Scott King.

Alistair Cooke. Christmas “Letter from America” reprinted by permission of the author.

Frank Lloyd Wright. Reprinted by permission, courtesy of the Frank Lloyd Wright Archives.

Alistair Cooke. From
The Patient Has the Floor
by Alistair Cooke. Copyright © 1986 by Alistair Cooke. Reprinted by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.

Jack Valenti. Reprinted by permission of Jack Valenti.

Ruth Bader Ginsburg. Reprinted by permission of Ruth Bader Ginsburg.

Leon R. Kass. Reprinted by permission of Leon R. Kass.

Walter Lippmann. From the Walter Lippmann Papers, Manuscripts and Archives, Yale University Library. Reprinted by permission of the Yale University Library, New Haven, CT.

Malcolm X. Excerpts from
Malcolm X Speaks
, copyright © 1965 & 1989 by Betty Shabazz and Pathfinder Press. Reprinted by permission of Pathfinder Press.

Elie Wiesel. From
The Kingdom of Memory
. Copyright © 1985 by Elirion Associates, Inc. Reprinted by permission of the Georges Borchardt, Inc.

Václav Havel. From
Open Letters: Selected Writings 1965–1990
by Václav Havel, translated by Paul Wilson, copyright © 1991 by A. G. Brain. Preface/translation copyright © 1985, 1988, 1991 by Paul Wilson. Used by permission of Alfred A. Knopf, a division of Random House, Inc.

Carl Sagan. This speech was written with Ann Druyan. Copyright © 1988 by Carl Sagan and Ann Druyan. Reprinted by permission of the authors.

Edward R. Murrow. Reprinted by permission of Casey Murrow, for the Estate of Edward R. Murrow.

Clare Boothe Luce. Reprinted by permission of The Henry Luce Foundation. Inc.

Daniel J. Boorstin. From
The Decline of Radicalism: Reflections on America Today
. Random House, New York, 1969. Copyright © 1969 by Daniel J. Boorstin. Reprinted by permission of the author.

Arthur Ochs Sulzberger. Reprinted by permission of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger.

A. M. Rosenthal. Copyright by A. M. Rosenthal. Reprinted by permission.

Daniel Schorr. Reprinted by permission of Daniel Schorr.

Salman Rushdie. Excerpt from
Imaginary Homelands: Essays and Criticisms 1981–1991
. Copyright © 1991 by Salman Rushdie. Reprinted with the permission of the Wylie Agency, Inc.

William F. Buckley, Jr. “Forgiving the Unforgivable,” a Lecture to the Annual Dinner of “The Moles”; the New York Hilton, New York, January 27, 1999, by William F. Buckley, Jr. Published in
Let Us Talk of Many Things: The Collected Speeches
by William F. Buckley, Jr. Copyright © 2000 by William F. Buckley, Jr. Prima Publishing, Roseville, CA. Used by permission of the Wallace Literary Agency, Inc.

John S. Carroll. Reprinted by permission of John S. Carroll.

Judge Noah S. Sweat, Jr. Copyright © 1952 by N. S. Sweat. Jr. Reprinted by permission.

Hubert H. Humphrey. Reprinted by permission of the Humphrey Family Advisory Committee.

Neil Kinnock. Reprinted by permission.

Henry A. Kissinger. Reprinted by permission of Henry A. Kissinger.

Patrick J. Buchanan. Reprinted by permission of Patrick J. Buchanan.

William Allen White. Reprinted by permission of Barbara White Walker.

Arthur F. Burns. Excerpt from
Reflections of an Economic Policy Maker: Speeches and Congressional Statements. 1969–1978
, by Arthur F. Burns. Copyright © 1978 by Arthur F. Burns. Reprinted with the permission of The American Enterprise Institute for Public Policy Research, Washington, DC.

Art Buchwald. Copyright © 1977 by Art Buchwald. Reprinted by permission of Art Buchwald.

Felix G. Rohatyn. Reprinted by permission.

Mario M. Cuomo. Reprinted by permission of Mario M. Cuomo.

Lane Kirkland. Reprinted by permission of Lane Kirkland, President, AFL-CIO.

Jacob Neusner. Copyright © 1992 by Jacob Neusner. Reprinted by permission.

Colin Powell. Reprinted by permission of Colin Powell.

David Mahoney. Reprinted by permission of Hildegarde E. Mahoney. Lyrics from
Porgy and Bess
by Ira Gershwin. Used by permission of Warner Music and the Estate of Ira Gershwin.

¹
Alluding to the Franchise Act of 1928.